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Onions, Limes, Potatoes: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/26/2007 - 1:44am.
"Fruit Venders, Indianapolis Market, August 1908. Witness E.N. Clopper." View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. Scan from 5x7 glass plate negative.
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Little Spinner: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 05/26/2007 - 1:39am.
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"A little spinner in a Georgia cotton mill." January 1909. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. Scan from 5x7 glass plate negative.
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Sea Breeze Jr:: 1915
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 10:17pm.
Nurse and patient "Sea Breeze Jr." circa 1915. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. Probably taken at one of New York's seaside "cottage" hospitals for babies, where plenty of fresh air and sunshine were believed to be therapeutic.
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Battling Mantell: 1911
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 9:35pm.
The boxer Battling Mantell in November 1911. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. So who can tell us about old Bat? He served in World War I.
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American Roadster: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 9:25pm.
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Lady in the Water: 1947
Submitted by Ken on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 4:48am.
A model floating in the water at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida. The image by fashion photographer Toni Frissell was published in Harper's Bazaar in December 1947. Mug | Weeki Wachee Mermaids | View full size.
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Room of Brooms: 1908
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 12:07am.
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Boys with brooms in the packing room of S.W. Brown Manufacturing, Evansville, Indiana. October 1908. View full size. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
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